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The fall of the Indian Rupee
A report appeared recently of a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) study about the share in circulation of various currency denominations in 2010-11. The study effectively reflects how the value of the count...
Film review: The Place Beyond the Pines
The Place Beyond the Pines is only the third cinema film by director Derek Cianfrance's. And in the making of it he once more he teamed up with current Hollywood darling, Ryan Gosling, as he did in 20...
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The fall of the Indian Rupee
A report appeared recently of a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) study about the share in circulation of various currency denominations in 2010-11. The study effectively reflects how the value of the count...
Film review: The Place Beyond the Pines
The Place Beyond the Pines is only the third cinema film by director Derek Cianfrance's. And in the making of it he once more he teamed up with current Hollywood darling, Ryan Gosling, as he did in 20...
Eating, drinking and sleeping boosts economy
It's official, the UK is full of self-indulgent gluttons who love to spend a large chunk of their hard-earned cash on stuffing their faces with food, booze and sleeping in hotels. That's according to ...
House prices: Are we seeing another boom?
After a number of years where house prices either fell or genearlly dropped, then rose, then moved sideways in most parts of the country outside of London, could we be witnessing the start of another ...
Film review: Mud
Director Jeff Nichols, who first came to prominence with his 2007 film Shotgun Stories, brings us this coming-of-age tale about two young teenage boys growing up in the Arkansas Delta. Beautifully sh...
Spend a week in San Francisco
San Francisco, positioned beautifully on the edge of a bay in the North of California, is a great city with a wonderful vibe. It's also perfectly positioned to enjoy some of the amazing nature in that...
Wines of the month: Summer tipples
It's time once again for me to pick my favourite wines from the last month that I've tried. It's an onerous task, but someone's got to do it! This month, as the weather's been quite a bit better and ...
Number of foreign undergraduate students drops dramatically
It was with some dismay that I read that the number of non-EU students applying for undergraduate courses in the UK fell by 26% in the last academic year. Working in admissions administration at a un...